build a solid network and be constant

Before putting in front of OpenAi and lead the Chatgpt development To transform forever The world as we know itSam Altman spent his time to guide entrepreneurs and startups such as Reddit, Airbnb or Spotify on his way to success from the incubator and combinator he directed.

During his stage as a mentor, Altman learned important lessons on how to cement a long -term successful professional career. The current CEO of Openai, wrote In your personal blog Some of those lessons to get a solid professional career.

1. Who does not risk, does not win

Altman believes that most people tend to overestimate the risk and underestimate the reward. It is true that it is not always easy to assume risks, especially when you do not have enough experience or knowledge.

However, the millionaire recommends Start taking calculated risksespecially at the beginning of the professional career, to learn to face them, and lose their fear of taking risky paths as progress is being made in the professional career. Especially at that initial stage of the races, Altman ensures that rewards tend to be much greater than losses.

Successful entrepreneurs like Bernard Arnault They have assumed that mistakes are going to be madebut it is important to learn from them and not repeat them again in the future. Avoiding them is not always possible, so it is convenient to learn from veterans like Bill Gates and prepare for the worst and best scenario possible.

2. Constancy and optimism

Sam Altman quotes Airbnb as a record reference. “They managed to survive enough time for luck to accompany them.” Maintain an optimistic attitude and determined to achieve the objectives setallows to stay in the line enough time to arise the necessary opportunities to achieve it.

At the same time, having an optimistic mood allows not to decline in the face of the challenges that will surely be raised along the way.

So MR.BASET also believes itone of the most popular youtubers (and Millionaires) of the Google service, with almost 300 million subscribers. Every time someone asks for advice on how to create a YouTube channel, the content creator Repeat the same: “Record 100 videos. And it improves something in each of them.” Authentic power that systematic constancy lies in the emphasis on the process, gradual learning and incremental improvement that is only obtained through constant practice.

3. Create and keep your pits

It is not that Altman recommends burying himself on earth and digsing a ditch around. The theory of the tarry, widely used by Warren Buffettcreate an analogy between the strategic advantages that companies or people have surrounded by medieval strengths. The larger and deep the pits of these strengths, the more difficult the enemy turned out to reach the walls and knock them down.

Based on professional or business, pits are your advantages, skills, knowledge, or any other difference that gives you some type of advantage over other employees, companies or competition in general. Creating and maintaining these pits in time makes the person or company more valuable and essential. “If you do the same as everyone else, it will not be difficult to compete with you,” says Sam Altman in his recommendations for success.

4. Build a solid network

There is a popular said that he says: “You will only arrive faster, accompanied you will do it further.” Openai’s co -founder affirmed in his Podcast interview Unconfuse me Bill Gates, who is still surprised by the amount of help he currently receives from people he helped a decade ago.

A solid contact network is not achieved by keeping someone’s number on the agenda to call him when something is needed, but on the contrary. According to Altman, “an effective way to build a network is to help people as much as you can. It will return to you multiplied by 1”. But the Openai manager makes a warning: “Remember to spend your time with positive people who support your goals.”

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*An earlier version of this article was published in August 2024